Shawn Melendy
@shawnmelendy.bsky.social
Early career scientist with a background in freshwater ecology and molecular biology. Sampling and shedding eDNA in a river near you.
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Special Feature available ahead of print! Stark et al. revisit assumptions in the metabolic theory of ecology that explains macroecological patterns in biological rates from individuals to ecosystems through fundamental constraints on metabolism. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Toward a More Dynamic Metabolic Theory of Ecology to Predict Climate Change Effects on Biological Systems | The American Naturalist
Abstract The metabolic theory of ecology (MTE) aims to link biophysical constraints on individual metabolic rates to the emergence of patterns at the population and ecosystem scales. Because MTE links...
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February 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Special Feature available ahead of print! Stark et al. revisit assumptions in the metabolic theory of ecology that explains macroecological patterns in biological rates from individuals to ecosystems through fundamental constraints on metabolism. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...